Christophe wrote:
> En réponse à Elliott Lash <AL260@...>:
>
> >
> > I know that the Italian for old is "vecchio", and it seems reasonable
> > enough
> > to assume that this came from Latin "vetulus" (I'm pretty sure this is
> > it,
> > the Classical was "vetus") through a Vulgar Latin form "vetlus/veclus".
> > Of
> > course, this form also
> > became the French "vieil" and the Spanish "viejo".
> >
>
> Well, then it would come from VL veclus, vecleris?
No, it'd be from veclu(s), vecla (you've missed the adjectival class).
> Then I think the "Roumant"
> form would look more like Italian than French and Spanish in this case (or
maybe
> not, I wonder how a final /kl/ cluster would evolve... Maybe it would
still
> bring a /S/ somewhere...).
Luca